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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Clos de lq Bussieres 2015 is a tremendous treat. This wine offer a quite fantastic vibrant energy - perhaps ever so slightly on the ripe side in the bouquet - slight hint of prune and liqourice .. but also cool vibrant cherries, raspberries brought forward by a deeply centeret earthy minerality. …
[Read more...] about Domaine Georges Roumier, Morey-Saint-Denis Clos de la Bussiere 2015
My first Roumier 2015 - and what a delightful wine. The Chambolle Les Combottes is becoming one of my favourite wines from Roumier - due to it`s obvious yet rather delicate Chambolle minerality. The terroir is located just below the village - and next to Charmes .. and somewhat overlooked. The 2015 …
[Read more...] about Domaine Georges Roumier, Chambolle Musigny Les Combottes 2015
Nicolas Groffier has really improved the quality over the last years - the 2010 vintage was sort of a turning point to me, where he took the step up in the major league. The wines before were also very fine ... but the detail, transparency and balance seem to have taken quite a notch up. A …
[Read more...] about Terroir Insight: Domaine Robert Groffier Bonnes Mares
Second round of 2016s from Maison Joseph Drouhin .. to the whites .. The tasting was conducted by Veronique Drouhin .. at the head office in Beaune - check also the article about the excellent red 2016s. The whites are as the reds influenced by the difficult conditions in 2016 - mainly …
[Read more...] about Visit Joseph Drouhin – tasting the white 2016s from cask
The wines of Domaine Pierre Labet are in my view a bit overlooked - and overshadowed by the wines made at Chateau de la Tour, the top brand of the François Labet "group". While Chateau de la Tour is renown for making some of the very best wines on the Clos de Vougeot vineyard - François Labet, …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Pierre Labet, tasting of the red 2016s
